HERS-SA ACADEMY 2010

Sunday 12 September

15h00 – 17h00

Check In and Registration

18h45 – 21h00
Exhibition Hall

Opening Dinner
Prof. Cheryl de la Rey
Vice-Chancellor
University of Pretoria

Monday 13 September

RESPONDING TO THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT

08h30 – 09h30

The Role of Higher Education and Development
Prof Nico Cloete
Director
Centre for Higher Education Transformation 

09h40 – 10h40

The Role of the Department of Higher Education and Development
Kirti Menon
Chief Director: Higher Education Planning & Management
Department of Education

11h15 – 12h15

Impact on External Changes on Higher Education
Prof Adam Habib
Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research, Innovation & Advancement
University of Johannesburg

13h30 – 16h30

Afternoon Workshops
Attend 1 of the following parallel sessions:

Interface of Higher Education with Environmental Health
Dr Tracy Morse
University of Malawi, Malawi
& Margaret Macherera
National University of Science & Technology, Zimbabwe

Managing the Media
Prim Gower
Mail & Guardian

Career Management Strategies
Jeanette Botha
Director: Office of the Principal
UNISA

Applying for Donor Funding
Shelagh Gastrow
Executive Director
Inyathelo: SA Institute for Advancement

17h00 – 17h15
Outside

Group Photo

19h00-21h00
Exhibition Hall

 Dinner Guest Speaker
Karen MacGregor
University World News

Tuesday 14 September

ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP

08h30 – 09h30

Rated by the NRF
Dr Robert Morrell
Research Office, University of Cape Town

09h40 – 10h40

Academic Planning
Prof Driekie Hay
Vice-Rector: Academic Planning,
University of the Free State

11h15 – 12h15

Teaching & Learning Strategy for a University
Prof Crain Soudien
Deputy Vice-Chancellor
University of Cape Town

13h30 – 16h30

Afternoon Workshops
Attend 1 of the following parallel sessions:

Gender mainstreaming in Higher Education Institutions of learning
Dr Margaret Keraka
Kenyatta University, Kenya

Deans Panel

Dr Sharon Adams
Dean: Learning Support Services
Bakersfield College, USA

Prof Paula Ensor
Executive Dean: Humanities
University of Cape Town

Prof Vivienne Lawack-Davids
Executive Dean: Law
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

Prof H Ngambi
Executive Dean: College of Economic & Management Sciences
UNISA

QA and audits
Luclaire Airey
Quality Manager, Quality Management Directorate
Cape Peninsula University of Technology

19h00 – 21h00
Exhibition Hall

Cultural Evening

Wednesday 15 September

STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP OF THE INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT

08h30-09h30

Information Resources: University Trends
Nikki Crowster
Director: Cape Library Cooperative (CALICO)

09h40-10h40

All you need to know about University Networking and IT
Dr Duncan Martin
Director
& Duncan Greaves
Executive Officer, Service Manager
Tertiary Education & Research Network of South Africa (TENET)

11h15-12h15

Building Corporate Affairs & Relations
Phumzile Mmope
Executive Director: Corporate Affairs & Relations
North-West University

Afternoon
and
Evening

FREE

Thursday 16 September

STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP OF THE INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT cont.

08h30-09h30

Resourcing of Higher Education in the new South Africa
Dr Engela van Staden
Director Higher Education:  Academic Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation,
Department of Education

09h40-10h40

Governance in Universities
Prof Adele Thomas
Professor of Management
University of Johannesburg

11h15-12h15

Registrar as Leader
Dr Nothemba Mrwetyana
Registrar, University of Fort Hare

13h30 – 16h30

Afternoon Workshops
Attend 1 of the following parallel sessions:

Planning, Resourcing, Funding and Budgets in the Academic Environment - how complicated can it be?!
Dr. Engela van Staden
Director Higher Education:  Academic Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation,
Department of Education

The HOD challenge
Shivani Ramjee, HOD
Actuarial Science Department, Management Studies, University of Cape Town

Career Cafe
Dr Sarah Riordan
Orgnisational Psychologist

Conflict Management
Prof Lynette Louw
HOD & Professor, Management,
Rhodes University
& Dr Claude-Hélène Mayer
Professor of Intercultural Business Communication, Dept of Economics, University of Applied Studies (HAW), Hamburg, Germany/Senior Research Associate, Department of Management, Rhodes University

19h00 – 21h00
Exhibition Hall

Dinner Guest Speaker
Sena Dake
University of Education, Winneba, Ghana

Friday 17 September

LEVERAGING HUMAN CAPITAL

08h30 – 09h30

Maximising on Human Capital: the Institutional Leadership & Management Challenge
Dr Pamela Dube
Executive Director: Human Resources
University of Johannesburg

09h40 – 10h40

The death of transformation:  long live transformation!
Prof Julian Smith
Vice-Rector, Community Interaction & Personnel, University of Stellenbosch

11h15 – 12h15

Strategic HR
Amanda Glaeser
Executive Director: Human Resources
University of the Western Cape

13h30 – 16h30

Afternoon Workshops
Attend 1 of the following parallel sessions:

Student Affairs Panel
Cora Motale
Executive Director, Dean of Students, Student Affairs, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
& Bonny Feldman
National Student Financial Aid Scheme of South Africa (NSFAS)
& Wentzel Barnard
Manager, Stellenbosch University Disabled Sports Team
& Patience Mungwari-Mpani, former international student at the University of Cape Town
& students

Sustainability Institute, Stellenbosch
visit to Institute

Landing the job: The selection experience
Prof. Denise Zinn
Dean: Education
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

19h00 – 21h00
Exhibition Hall

Dinner Guest Speaker
Dr Trunette Joseph
Deputy Director, Curriculum Development & Research, Provincial Training Academy,
Department of the Premier, Western Cape 

Saturday 18 September

INTEGRATION

09h00 – 11h00

Top Jobs
Panel presentation and discussion

Prof Nomthandazo Gwele
Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Academic
Durban University of Technology

Prof Amanda Lourens
Vice-Rector: Research and Planning, Potchefstroom Campus of North-West University

Prof Thokozile Mayekiso
Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research, Technology and Planning
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

Prof Angina Parekh
Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Academic
University of Johannesuburg

11h15-12h00

CLOSING & FAREWELL